Britain is such a nation of natterers that we can't bear to get off the phone to answer nature's call – so we just chat on the loo. Yes, that's you.

According to the new Skype Talk For Britain survey, three-quarters of us talk to friends and family while we're on the toilet, and 17 per cent have fallen asleep while chatting on the phone. "Some" of the survey's 1,000 respondents even confessed to talking on the phone whilst driving a tank, but I don't believe them.

“The bathroom seems to be a popular place for Britain to do most of its talking," says Skype's marketing maestro Alistair Shrimpton. "That goes for both men and women. People love talking on the phone as well as guessing which celebrities are the biggest chatterboxes. Of course, Jonathan Ross was crowned king of chitchat, but Graham Norton was relegated to third position.”

So who was in second place? Alistair, you can't leave us hanging like that. Watch this space, readers – I'll find out.

P.S: Skype’s Talk for Britain campaign means you get six months of free calls to UK landlines if you buy £10 of Skype credit between now and 31 December 2006. Click here to find out more.